Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
100.	Donald	36	0	-1	-2.7%
98.	Garry	39	-2	-1	-2.5%
98.	Jonathan	39	new	new	new
96.	Edmond	40	-11	-11	-21.6%
96.	Ronald	40	new	new	new
92.	Aiden	43	new	new	new
92.	Eric	43	+4	+3	+7.5%
92.	Justin	43	+6	+4	+10.3%
92.	Trevor	43	new	new	new
91.	Diarmuid	49	+2	+7	+16.7%
90.	Fintan	50	-1	+2	+4.2%
89.	Henry	51	-7	-7	-12.1%
87.	Cormac	53	-1	+3	+6.0%
87.	Simon	53	-17	-24	-31.2%
86.	Cathal	54	-4	-4	-6.9%
85.	Nigel	55	+9	+14	+34.1%
83.	Finbarr	57	+9	+14	+32.6%
83.	Gregory	57	-11	-17	-23.0%
82.	Oliver	62	-9	-11	-15.1%
79.	Garrett	65	-1	-1	-1.5%
79.	Karl	65	+12	+21	+47.7%
79.	Rory	65	+3	+7	+12.1%
78.	Padraig	66	0	0	0.0%
77.	Owen	67	+3	+3	+4.7%
75.	Eoin	69	+1	0	0.0%
75.	Gerald	69	-2	-4	-5.5%
72.	Eamon	72	-12	-26	-26.5%
72.	Fergus	72	+3	0	0.0%
72.	Keith	72	+9	+12	+20.0%
71.	Hugh	81	-15	-23	-22.1%
70.	Fergal	82	+18	+33	+67.3%
69.	Charles	83	-13	-21	-20.2%
68.	Eamonn	87	-6	-9	-9.4%
67.	Nicholas	89	+10	+22	+32.8%
66.	Enda	90	-3	-3	-3.2%
65.	Damian	93	-13	-23	-19.8%
64.	Terence	95	-10	-17	-15.2%
61.	Barry	96	+6	+14	+17.1%
61.	Colin	96	+8	+17	+21.5%
61.	George	96	+3	+5	+5.5%
60.	Seamus	101	-5	-9	-8.2%
59.	Adrian	103	+6	+13	+14.4%
58.	Matthew	104	+1	+5	+5.1%
56.	Gary	107	+10	+21	+24.4%
56.	Jeremiah	107	-11	-33	-23.6%
55.	Ciaran	111	-6	-9	-7.5%
54.	Maurice	114	-8	-25	-18.0%
53.	Shane	115	+18	+39	+51.3%
52.	Desmond	121	-1	+2	+1.7%
51.	Liam	122	-2	+2	+1.7%
50.	Cornelius	124	-6	-20	-13.9%
49.	Vincent	125	-7	-31	-19.9%
47.	Eugene	126	+5	+10	+8.6%
47.	Laurence	126	+11	+26	+26.0%
46.	Damien	127	+22	+46	+56.8%
45.	Ronan	132	+15	+34	+34.7%
44.	Ian	145	+3	+7	+5.1%
43.	Conor	150	+5	+21	+16.3%
42.	Donal	156	+1	+1	+0.6%
41.	Bernard	173	0	+9	+5.5%
40.	Colm	178	-1	-13	-6.8%
39.	Dermot	190	-2	-25	-11.6%
38.	Kieran	196	-10	-79	-28.7%
37.	Sean	211	-1	-10	-4.5%
36.	Aidan	215	+2	+17	+8.6%
35.	Niall	225	+5	+41	+22.3%
33.	Philip	248	+2	+26	+11.7%
33.	Raymond	248	-2	-4	-1.6%
32.	Andrew	250	+1	+16	+6.8%
31.	Timothy	251	+1	+13	+5.5%
30.	Kenneth	254	+4	+29	+12.9%
29.	Christopher	266	+1	-3	-1.1%
28.	Richard	293	-3	-21	-6.7%
27.	Denis	301	0	-2	-0.7%
26.	Derek	317	+3	+44	+16.1%
25.	Daniel	324	+1	+20	+6.6%
24.	Francis	332	-1	-4	-1.2%
23.	Noel	366	-1	+10	+2.8%
22.	Edward	374	-5	-23	-5.8%
21.	Declan	399	0	+33	+9.0%
20.	Stephen	402	-2	+23	+6.1%
19.	Brendan	409	-3	+4	+1.0%
18.	Alan	444	+2	+68	+18.1%
17.	Kevin	476	+1	+97	+25.6%
16.	Robert	479	+8	+147	+44.3%
15.	Peter	526	-1	-5	-0.9%
14.	Anthony	588	-1	-4	-0.7%
13.	Joseph	599	-1	-13	-2.1%
12.	Mark	601	+3	+144	+31.5%
11.	Gerard	607	-1	-77	-11.3%
10.	Brian	631	+1	+15	+2.4%
9.	Martin	742	0	-56	-7.0%
8.	William	752	0	-97	-11.4%
7.	Paul	1,086	-2	-189	-14.8%
6.	Thomas	1,119	0	-56	-4.8%
5.	David	1,149	+2	+24	+2.1%
4.	James	1,275	0	-74	-5.5%
3.	Michael	1,825	-1	-133	-6.8%
2.	Patrick	1,850	+1	-65	-3.4%
1.	John	2,863	0	-118	-4.0%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Janet	69	new	new	new
100.	Monica	69	new	new	new
98.	Laura	70	-10	-9	-11.4%
98.	Regina	70	new	new	new
97.	Johanna	71	-25	-27	-27.6%
95.	Aileen	72	new	new	new
95.	Ciara	72	new	new	new
94.	Marian	73	-4	-2	-2.7%
93.	Eleanor	74	new	new	new
92.	Rachel	75	new	new	new
90.	Jacinta	77	-37	-64	-45.4%
90.	Jean	77	-14	-14	-15.4%
87.	Aisling	78	new	new	new
87.	Alice	78	-12	-15	-16.1%
87.	Antoinette	78	+3	+3	+4.0%
85.	Adrienne	79	0	-3	-3.7%
85.	Evelyn	79	+5	+4	+5.3%
83.	Alison	83	+5	+4	+5.1%
83.	Maeve	83	+15	+14	+20.3%
80.	Irene	84	+14	+12	+16.7%
80.	Michele	84	-2	-6	-6.7%
80.	Noreen	84	-10	-19	-18.4%
79.	Una	87	+3	+3	+3.6%
78.	Nuala	90	+22	+24	+36.4%
77.	Edel	91	-15	-22	-19.5%
76.	Jane	95	+5	+9	+10.5%
74.	Clare	98	-11	-12	-10.9%
74.	Theresa	98	-9	-11	-10.1%
73.	Ruth	100	-7	-8	-7.4%
72.	Helena	101	-5	-6	-5.6%
71.	Annette	103	-8	-7	-6.4%
70.	Veronica	104	-1	-1	-1.0%
68.	Emer	106	+25	+32	+43.2%
68.	Rose	106	+3	+4	+3.9%
67.	Gillian	107	+18	+25	+30.5%
65.	Julia	111	-7	-11	-9.0%
65.	Miriam	111	+8	+14	+14.4%
64.	Christine	114	+14	+24	+26.7%
63.	Amanda	116	+34	+46	+65.7%
62.	Brenda	117	+5	+10	+9.3%
61.	Lisa	119	new	new	new
60.	Grainne	123	-2	+1	+0.8%
59.	Claire	128	+15	+34	+36.2%
58.	Frances	130	-13	-21	-13.9%
57.	Sinead	133	+3	+12	+9.9%
56.	Sheila	136	-11	-15	-9.9%
55.	Colette	142	+6	+27	+23.5%
54.	Sarah	145	+2	+16	+12.4%
53.	Brigid	146	-11	-16	-9.9%
52.	Christina	148	0	+6	+4.2%
51.	Deborah	152	+3	+21	+16.0%
50.	Niamh	157	+6	+28	+21.7%
48.	Audrey	160	-4	+8	+5.3%
48.	Suzanne	160	+6	+29	+22.1%
47.	Barbara	163	-2	+12	+7.9%
46.	Orla	164	-8	-22	-11.8%
45.	Louise	165	+3	+18	+12.2%
44.	Denise	168	-1	+8	+5.0%
43.	Josephine	171	-9	-46	-21.2%
42.	Anna	172	-7	-25	-12.7%
41.	Ellen	177	-2	-7	-3.8%
40.	Jennifer	189	+10	+43	+29.5%
39.	Yvonne	190	+1	+7	+3.8%
38.	Valerie	192	+10	+45	+30.6%
37.	Nora	193	-4	-25	-11.5%
36.	Lorraine	196	+14	+50	+34.2%
35.	Pauline	200	-8	-57	-22.2%
34.	Carol	203	+7	+34	+20.1%
32.	Joan	206	0	-20	-8.8%
32.	Paula	206	-7	-63	-23.4%
31.	Carmel	216	-5	-51	-19.1%
30.	Angela	224	0	-28	-11.1%
29.	Siobhan	226	+2	-16	-6.6%
28.	Teresa	234	+1	-20	-7.9%
27.	Elaine	242	+10	+55	+29.4%
26.	Michelle	244	+10	+52	+27.1%
25.	Kathleen	261	-2	-12	-4.4%
24.	Maria	270	-1	-3	-1.1%
23.	Jacqueline	274	-5	-61	-18.2%
22.	Eileen	276	-1	-32	-10.4%
21.	Bernadette	282	-4	-55	-16.3%
20.	Karen	289	+8	+34	+13.3%
19.	Marie	294	+3	+4	+1.4%
18.	Linda	355	+2	+46	+14.9%
17.	Fiona	357	-3	-14	-3.8%
16.	Helen	358	-3	-23	-6.0%
15.	Sandra	371	+1	+12	+3.3%
14.	Susan	393	+1	+25	+6.8%
13.	Sharon	400	+6	+66	+19.8%
12.	Geraldine	410	-2	-72	-14.9%
11.	Martina	411	0	+9	+2.2%
10.	Bridget	418	-3	-127	-23.3%
9.	Caroline	457	+3	+61	+15.4%
8.	Patricia	461	0	-64	-12.2%
7.	Deirdre	468	+2	-36	-7.1%
6.	Elizabeth	625	0	-45	-6.7%
5.	Anne	656	0	-25	-3.7%
4.	Ann	749	0	+34	+4.8%
3.	Margaret	1,029	-1	-79	-7.1%
2.	Catherine	1,082	+1	-4	-0.4%
1.	Mary	2,364	0	-227	-8.8%

Popularity extremes for Ireland